Inferring the dynamics of diversification: a coalescent approach. by Hélène Morlon, Matthew D Potts, Joshua B Plotkin

“…We then compare the performance of different diversification scenarios in explaining a set of 289 phylogenies representing amphibians, arthropods, birds, mammals, mollusks, and flowering plants. Our results indicate that speciation rates typically decay over time, but that diversity is still expanding at present. …”
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Clocking In Time to Gate Memory Processes: The Circadian Clock Is Part of the Ins and Outs of Memory by Oliver Rawashdeh, Rex Parsons, Erik Maronde

“…The circadian regulation of memory performance is evolutionarily conserved, independent of the type and complexity of the learning paradigm tested, and not specific to crepuscular, nocturnal, or diurnal organisms. In mammals, long-term memory (LTM) formation is tightly coupled to de novo gene expression of plasticity-related proteins and posttranslational modifications and relies on intact cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA)/protein kinase C (PKC)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element-binding protein (CREB) signaling. …”
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Nesfatin-1 as a crucial mediator of glucose homeostasis in the reptile, Hemidactylus flaviviridis by Krittika Dotania, Mamta Tripathy, Umesh Rai

“…Abstract Nesfatin-1 is a crucial regulator of energy homeostasis in mammals and fishes, however, its metabolic role remains completely unexplored in amphibians, reptiles, and birds. …”
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Assessment of comminution capacity related to molar intercuspation in catarrhines using a chewing simulator by Axelle EC Walker, Franck Guy, Christian Salles, Ghislain Thiery, Vincent Lazzari

“…Mammalian molars play a central role during chewing, or food comminution, through cyclic dental occlusion. Mammals fragment food items with varying degrees of efficiency depending on their dental morphology, suggesting an adaptive link that is yet to be assessed. …”
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How do monomorphic bacteria evolve? The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and the awkward population genetics of extreme clonality by Stritt, Christoph, Gagneux, Sebastien

“…In this review, we highlight the challenges of extreme clonality by discussing population genetic inference with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, a group of closely related obligate bacterial pathogens of mammals. We show how uncertainties underlying quantitative models and verbal arguments affect previous conclusions about the way these organisms evolve. …”
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Gab Docking Proteins in Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Inflammation by Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Issei Komuro

“…The docking proteins of the Grb2-associated binder (Gab) family have emerged as crucial signaling compartments in metazoans. In mammals, the Gab proteins, consisting of Gab1, Gab2, and Gab3, are involved in the amplification and integration of signal transduction evoked by a variety of extracellular stimuli, including growth factors, cytokines, antigens, and other molecules. …”
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Regeneration of Zebrafish CNS: Adult Neurogenesis by Sukla Ghosh, Subhra Prakash Hui

“…We intend to discuss our current understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanism(s) that allows formation of proliferating progenitors and controls neurogenesis, which involve changes in epigenetic and transcription programs. Unlike mammals, zebrafish retains radial glia, a nonneuronal cell type in their adult central nervous system. …”
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in vitro evaluation of the efficiency of Artemisia judaica leaf extract on sporulation of Eimeria papillate oocysts and its cytotoxicity by M.A. Esam, N.M. Saleh, A.G. Rewaida, A.Q.H. Waleed, A. Afaf, A.A. Sarah, Al-Q. Saleh

“…ABSTRACT Eimeria is the parasite that is responsible for eimeriosis in the gut of numerous domestic mammals. While treating eimeriosis, the use of medication and some effects of synthetic anticoccidials has led to the development of resistant parasites, necessitating the search for alternative treatments. …”
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Promoter capture Hi-C identifies promoter-related loops and fountain structures in Arabidopsis by Dingyue Wang, Suxin Xiao, Jiayue Shu, Lingxiao Luo, Minqi Yang, Myriam Calonje, Hang He, Baoxing Song, Yue Zhou

“…Abstract Background Promoters serve as key elements in the regulation of gene transcription. In mammals, loop interactions between promoters and enhancers increase the complexity of the promoter-based regulatory networks. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Characterization of a Chick Embryo Model of Cancer Cell Metastases by Anne Herrmann PhD, Arthur Taylor PhD, Patricia Murray PhD, Harish Poptani PhD, Violaine Sée PhD

“…Therefore, preclinical imaging methods such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have mainly been developed for small mammals and their potential to monitor cancer growth and metastasis in nonmammalian models is not fully harnessed. …”
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Synthesis of Arginase Inhibitors: An Overview by Maria Cristina Molaro, Chiara Battisegola, Marica Erminia Schiano, Mariacristina Failla, Maria Grazia Rimoli, Loretta Lazzarato, Konstantin Chegaev, Federica Sodano

“…It also mediates different cellular functions and processes such as proliferation, senescence, apoptosis, autophagy, and inflammatory responses in various cell types. In mammals, there are two isoenzymes, ARG-1 and ARG-2; they are functionally similar, but their coding genes, tissue distribution, subcellular localization, and molecular regulation are distinct. …”
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Aurora kinase as a putative target to tick control by Bruno Moraes, Helga Gomes, Luiz Saramago, Valdir Braz, Luís Fernando Parizi, Gloria Braz, Itabajara da Silva Vaz, Carlos Logullo, Jorge Moraes, Ala Tabor

“…Their role in the cell cycle includes, among others, the entry into mitosis, maturation of the centrosome and formation of the mitotic spindle. In mammals, 3 isoforms have been described: A, B and C, which are distinguished mainly by their function throughout the cell cycle. …”
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ATG8 delipidation is not universally critical for autophagy in plants by Yong Zou, Jonas A. Ohlsson, Sanjana Holla, Igor Sabljić, Jia Xuan Leong, Florentine Ballhaus, Melanie Krebs, Karin Schumacher, Panagiotis N. Moschou, Simon Stael, Suayib Üstün, Yasin Dagdas, Peter V. Bozhkov, Elena A. Minina

“…One notable example is ATG4-dependent delipidation of ATG8, a process that plays critical but distinct roles in autophagosome formation in yeast and mammals. Here, we aim to elucidate the specific contribution of this process to autophagosome formation in species representative of evolutionarily distant green plant lineages: unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, with a relatively simple set of ATG genes, and a vascular plant Arabidopsis thaliana, harboring expanded ATG gene families. …”
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Diet Composition and Feeding Strategies of the Stone Marten (Martes foina) in a Typical Mediterranean Ecosystem by Dimitrios E. Bakaloudis, Christos G. Vlachos, Malamati A. Papakosta, Vasileios A. Bontzorlos, Evangelos N. Chatzinikos

“…Fleshy fruits and arthropods predominated in the diet, but also mammals and birds were frequently consumed. An overall low dietary niche breadth (BA=0.128) indicated a fruit specialization tendency. …”
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Integrating paleoparasitological, paleogenetic, and archaeological data to understand the paleoecological scenario of pre-Columbian archaeological site Gruta do Gentio II, Brazil by Ludmila Gurjão, Lorrayne Brito, Ondemar Dias, Jandira Neto, Alena Mayo Iñiguez

“…The origin of coprolites was genetically defined as five species of mammals, humans, felines as Panthera onca and Leopardus pardalis, and marsupials as Didelphis albiventris and Philander opossum. …”
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Testing how environmental variables affect the survival of freshwater turtle nests and hatchlings using artificial nests and dummy hatchlings by J. Lanszki, T. G. Molnár, T. Erős, G. Ónodi, Z. Lanszki, J. J. Purger

“…The role of carnivores, especially the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the predation of nests was more significant, while predation by corvids (Corvidae) and wild boar (Sus scrofa) increased for the hatchlings. Predation by mammals increased with the limited availability of dry terrestrial surfaces suitable for laying eggs and with distance to water. …”
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From Scientific Research to Geoconservation and Geopark by Dan Grigorescu

“…The Haţeg region of Transylvania-Romania, known as the “Haţeg Country”, due to its specific character as a region wholly encircled by mountains, has been renowned for over a century for its palaeontological geosites from which dinosaur bones of several species, dinosaur eggs and hatchlings, were unearthed along with numerous other taxa representative of all the major vertebrate groups: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. The region illustrates the phenomenon of “insular dwarfism”, linked to the lengthy persistence of animals in isolated habitats. …”
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Intestinal fatty acid bind protein as a biomarker for vitiligo by Olfat G. Shaker, Samar M. El-Tahlawi, Mina A. Fawzy

“…Intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP), also called FABP-2, is solely expressed in intestinal enterocytes of mammals. Objective To evaluate the serum and tissue levels of I-FABP in vitiligo patients and its relation to healthy controls. …”
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Illustrating Animals and Visualizing Natural History in Chambers’s Encyclopaedias by Rose Roberto

“…Both editions contain numerous entries on mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and microorganisms, with numerous illustrations depicting these topics. …”
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Sex identification in rainbow trout using genomic information and machine learning by Andrei A. Kudinov, Antti Kause

“…The amount of genomic data obtained from farmed fish is rapidly growing with the implementation of genomic selection in aquaculture. In comparison to mammals and birds, ray-finned fishes exhibit a greater diversity of sex determination systems, with an absence of conserved genomic regions. …”
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